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I need to start with this; I was never a big Yoan Gouffran fan. To me, he always was a man without a true position, who never lacked effort, but didn’t add anything else. To be fair, I wasn’t counting on him anymore, but I wasn’t the only one. After a season where he made so […]
With the transfer window closed, we finally know the twelve men Rafa Benitez bought in to help Newcastle United in their battle for the Championship title and the promotion back to the Premier League. It was a successful window, with the club being able to get rid of the players who were unsettled or underperforming at […]
Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva, better known in the football world as “Mirandinha”, was the first brazilian player ever to play in English football, when in 1987 he signed with Newcastle United. I had the opportunity to ask some questions to the former striker who played two seasons for the Magpies. He was very friendly […]
Our “State of the Squad” series is coming to an end, and today we will look at our Centre-Forwards situation, how they did last season and what we can expect from the position for this coming season. Newcastle United started the 2015/16 season with his long time number 9 Papiss Cisse, new signing Aleksandar Mitrovic, […]
Continuing the “State of the Squad” series, we”ll give a look at our attacking midfielders and 3ingers, the lads who played mostly on the line of three, behind the striker in our most used formation, 4-2-3-1. We started last season with huge hope in those positions. Big investments were made in Gini Wijnaldum and Florian […]
Continuing our “State of the squad” series, let’s look at what Newcastle United have at the centre of the pitch and what Rafa Benitez can do with those pieces. We will focus more on defensive midfielders and centre-midfielders today, so, despite Gini Wijnaldum, Moussa Sissoko and even Siem de Jong playing some minutes there last […]
Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez continues to work behind the scenes trying to rebuild the club from the bottom, while attempting to convince some of our players to stay and help the Magpies to come back to the Premier League after one only season in the Championship. As he’s doing his job, we continue to […]
In this Second part of the “State of the squad” series, let’s give a look at our full-back position. We will look at the players age, contract situation, how many matches he played, how he performed last season and his potential in the future. We had a lot of different players starting on both sides […]
With Rafa Benitez already working on possible signings and departures, let’s look at what we have in the squad and the options the Magpies boss has moving forward. If we had one position who really is blameless in the relegation campaign, it’s the goalkeeper. Of course, we were very unlucky there with sad big injuries […]
Newcastle still battling to avoid the drop and their next challenge is the already relegated Aston Villa at Villa Park. Villa is coming off an awful 11 game losing streak. Last week they lost against Watford, 3-2. Some expected to see better football after the relegation became a fact to the Villa side, but it’s […]
In the last few matches, Rafa Benitez clearly found his preferred starting lineup, except in one position, the left-midfield. His first try was Moussa Sissoko at LM, with Gini Wijnaldum playing the number 10 role behind Cisse or Mitrovic. Sissoko and Wijnaldum worked as interchangeable pieces, but it was clear neither one played his best […]
Newcastle United enter their final three games of the season needing the maximum amount of points possible to avoid relegation and their first test will be today, at St James’s Park against Crystal Palace. The Eagles are coming from a huge 2-1 win against Watford, reaching FA Cup final. Their last Premier League game was […]